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UIC (16-12, 11-4 Horizon League) rebounded from a nine-point loss to Cleveland State that broke a seven-game win streak. The Flames moved within a game of league leaders Wright State and Northern Kentucky, and conclude the regular season against the two next week.

Tai Odiase added 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocks for UIC. Tarkus Ferguson had eight points with 12 boards for the Flames, who finished with 60 rebounds.

Sandy Cohen III had 25 points to lead four in double-figure scoring for Green Bay (10-19, 5-11), which has lost four...

Tyree Appleby and Stefan Kenic converted 7 of 8 from the free-throw line in the final two minutes and Chicago State held on to upset Illinois-Chicago, 86-78 in a Horizon League game Saturday night.
The loss pushed the Flames two games back of...

Dikembe Dixson and his parents traveled from West Virginia to Chicago in the spring of 2015 to visit DePaul as a potential college destination for the 6-foot-7 basketball star.
When Chin Coleman, at the time a recently hired assistant coach at UIC,...

Scores and highlights may be emailed to posttribsports@gmail.comNote: Schedules are subject to change because of weather and other factors.SUNDAY'S RESULTSLOCAL COLLEGESBASEBALLValparaiso 10, Youngstown State...

Scores and highlights may be emailed to posttribsports@gmail.comNote: Schedules are subject to change because of weather and other factors.TUESDAY'S RESULTSLOCAL COLLEGESSOFTBALLPurdue Northwest 1, Roosevelt...

Scores and highlights may be emailed to posttribsports@gmail.comNote: Schedules are subject to change because of weather and other factors.MONDAY'S RESULTSLOCAL COLLEGESMEN'S TENNISChicago Collegiate Athletic...

Porter Moser was disputing the theory about the difficulty of beating a team three times, then talked himself into a modified version.Considering Loyola's draw in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, Moser certainly wants it to be true.The...

The Horizon League Tournament returns to Joe Louis Arena in Detroit for a second and final season before shifting to the new Little Caesars Arena.The double-bye is gone after top seeds Valparaiso and Oakland each lost semifinal games last season in...

Dominique Matthews wasn't "trying to think negatively about the situation."
UIC coach Steve McClain sensed Matthews' frustration nevertheless.
The "situation" was this: nine games (eight starts) into a promising freshman season in which he averaged...

Bonzie Colson scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Saturday to help Notre Dame avenge a January loss to Florida State with an 82-74 win over the No. 14 Seminoles.
After snapping a four-game losing streak earlier in the week against Wake...

Derrik Smits scored on a nifty Eurostep move.
He missed a dunk, but scored on the putback.
The 7-foot-2 center added a dunk.
Those plays were among Thursday night's highlights for Valparaiso's redshirt freshman.
Smits helped Valparaiso post a 78-57...

Keep it simple.That re-emphasized approach has propelled Valparaiso since a wobbly early January.And Max Joseph has embraced it perhaps more than any player for the Horizon League-leading Crusaders (19-5, 9-2).Coach Matt Lottich has noticed the junior...

Charles Cooper has responded to the double-edged swordIn his second season at Green Bay, his comfort level has increased. After all, he hadn't been at the same school for consecutive seasons since graduating from Lew Wallace in 2013.But there also would...

Alec Peters helped Valparaiso overcome a slow start Saturday in its Horizon League game at Cleveland State.The star senior had 30 points and nine rebounds as the Crusaders topped the Vikings 78-67, completing a sweep of their two-game road trip to Ohio...

Micah Bradford received his first career start Thursday night in Valparaiso's Horizon League game at Youngstown State.The freshman guard got the nod as Lexus Williams, who had been logging heavy minutes after essentially not playing for two seasons...

Lake Central's Ben Nisle and Joe Graziano are used to doing things in tandem.Nisle was named the Duneland Athletic Conference's Most Valuable Position Player last spring and Graziano earned the conference's Most Valuable Pitcher honor.Thursday, they...

Valparaiso women's basketball coach Tracey Dorow gets goose bumps recalling the moment.
The team had just returned from a trying trip to Ohio. The journey had been delayed and prolonged due to a winter storm that kept buses off the road. The Horizon...